Under his gaze (his forced bride) by Olivia Jessie (bearly read books .txt) 📗

" What? My chain. " Tears collected in her eyes. And once she blinked, they started falling on her cheeks. " I lost it. " She whispered slowly. 

" Where? " I stood close to her face. Not trying to appear as dominating but I just wanted the truth. 

" I don't remember exactly. " She didn't make any eye contact with me. 

" At the crime scene. What were you exactly doing there? " Nidhi was looking pale and she turned away not facing me. 

" I killed her . " She whispered. But it was loud enough to be heard. The words struck my heart like lightening. The bile rose in my stomach. 

" Why? Nidhi. Why ? She was pregnant! " I held her by her arms and shook her a bit. She was not heartless. She couldn't do it. 

" No bhabhi she wasn't. She was a liar. She wanted you dead. " She screamed crying. I couldn't understand what she was saying at that moment. 

" She wasn't pregnant. And what ? " I repeated. Nidhi exhaled a final breath. 

" Yes bhabhi. She was in a relationship with Sharad but never conceived although wanted it badly to happen. She wanted her revenge because he left her. And so she found bhai and you. She made such a scene that bhai believed her. She lied. " Nidhi touched my hand softly. 

" Then so what? " I asked her coldly. It wasn't a reason to kill someone. 

" Bhabhi she was going to prove that you and sharad were sleeping. She clicked some random pictures of both of you  . And if bhai would have seen it then he would have killed you, not sharad. His brain works just like papa. He would have first killed you, then him. " She hugged me. 

" How do you know all this? " I asked, getting away from her. The sadness was visible on her face. 

" Because luckily I found the parcel, on the doorstep not bhai. I  went straight on the address and found her. " She stopped from further telling me anything. 

" Then what happened Nidhi? " This was hard. Really hard. 

" We had an argument. I shouted at her . Explaining her how crazy my brother is. He was so abusive but she won't listen. She was so selfish. She Laughed on my face. Pushed me. I saw red. I hit her with the table lamp. The blood flowed out from the spilt on her forehead. But at that point too , I didn't want to kill her. She attacked me . Caught my neck. My chain was lost in the fight. And then I stabbed her. " I closed my eyes. The images of Nidhi doing such brutality flooded my mind. 

" And then you removed every evidence because you are a forensic science undergraduate. " She nodded. " Why Advay agreed? " He was meanest man I ever lived with. 

" Because he is my brother. He would protect me in any situation. I told him everything. He was baffled. Slapped me too. I wanted to go to prison but he wanted to frame sharad in it. I denied. Because I didn't want any innocent to get the punishment which I deserved. " I nodded slowly. " He then asked me if I wanted to live with him or you. I said bhabhi. He took the blame . " 

Advay did that for Nidhi. Anything for family.. Yes he did do that. 

" Why did you choose me? " She loved him more than anything and anyone. Without him, she was an orphan. But still she chose me 

" Because I didn't want him to kill you one day. I couldn't protect my mother. I know people think that I was small and a kid but bhabhi I used to hear everything. Every scream. You know bhabhi, one time our father ran after me to hit me after I told my teacher about the situation at home. But bhai protected me. The monster struck him with belt fifty times. We were living the most terrible life. He would have killed you bhabhi if there had been any slightest hint of you even holding any man's hand.you don't know the demons that drive him crazy." Her voice trailed off in between. She was not normal. She was pretending to. From the start. But the one who actually got a serious mental health was she. 

" I understand. " I hugged her lovingly. " That was terrible. " We cried. The situation I was living in was already faced by her. All the time, I was thinking that Nidhi won't understand my problem and she was the one who knew it the most. 

" Are you going to hand me to the police? " She asked, her face hidden in my shoulder. 

" No. Why? You saved my life. And he deserves it. At least for hitting me. " She watched my face still crying. " You have a bright future ahead. But you need counselling. A psychiatrist. Promise me. Or else.. " She held my hand. And slightly nodded. 

" Why don't you start eating and I just go to throw up? " She laughed a bit. And I ran to the washroom .. She was innocent. She did everything for me. I couldn't justify Advay's action and if he should be free and Nidhi be in the prison . Everytime He came out as a criminal to me who could have controlled his satanic side. And this won't have happened in the first place. 

After twenty minutes, I found Nidhi sitting on the sofa with her head on the table. I sat beside her  . 

" I wanted a happy family. Kids. Happy childhood. A happy family for my brother. But he chose the opposite. " She bit her lip to stop herself from further crying. 

" Well. I don't know about him. But I am pregnant. " She watched me wide eyed. And I smiled with my eyes full of tears. 

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